Never Had Knee Pain Before

[METAL VIPER]

Never in my life have I ever had knee pain. Lately, however, I get a dull pain coming from my right knee. If I try to flex my hamstring, it gets worse. The odd thing is, though, I can squat, deadlift, run, - do anything without pain. It's not sharp or anything that constantly has me in pain, just more of a nuisance. Anyone ever heard of anything similar?

[Dirichlet]

I had the same experience a while ago. Dull pain on my right knee whenever I flexed my hamstring. And yes I didn't feel any pain during my workouts, only before and after.

It disappeared after a week or so. Mysterious.

[FKYT]

Try rollin' out dat IT band:



It helped me at least.

[METAL VIPER]

Thanks guys, I'll try it out. It's bizarre because I wouldn't say it hurts and it doesn't restrict activites such as lifting or running in softball; it's just a dull nuisance at times

[jillingworth]

I'd agree with the IT band as the place to start. Almost everytime I have any knee problems, that's it. If foam rolling doesn't help, use a pvc pipe or really dig into it with the handle of a screwdriver (or something similar). I've found that windmill stretches help, too.